David Hilbert (23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician.
He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and earl...
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country. David Hilbert
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry. David Hilbert
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry.
Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?… Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole. David Hilbert
Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?… Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole.
We must not believe those who today, with philosophical bearing and superior tone, prophesy the decline of culture and accept the ignorabimus principle. David Hilbert
We must not believe those who today, with philosophical bearing and superior tone, prophesy the decline of culture and accept the ignorabimus principle.
I didn’t work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that’s what I’d be doing later. David Hilbert
I didn’t work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that’s what I’d be doing later.
Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts. David Hilbert
Mathematical science is in my opinion an indivisible whole, an organism whose vitality is conditioned upon the connection of its parts.
May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples. David Hilbert
May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples.